Former Royal Marine Commando calls for increased defence spending
The Chancellor's budget's expected to cover a wide range of issues today from cost-of-living to homelessness
A former Royal Marine Commando's telling us our military in Portsmouth need the kit and equipment to be able to defend the country - as he calls for more defence spending in today's budget.
The Chancellor's budget's expected to cover a wide range of issues today from cost-of-living to homelessness.
Sam Sheriff MBE served in the Royal Marines for 22 years - he says there needs to be a focus on defence - as he speaks to us at the Portsmouth Royal Marine Experience.
He said: "Talking from my experience and in my career that I've had and what I've seen, what I've learnt, unfortunately, there's evil people out there that want to do bad things.
"It doesn't matter what you do, you have to defend against that.
"You can't just go to bed, curl up in a ball and hope everything's going to be okay because it's not.
"We need courageous, brave people to step forward and make a difference and we need the kit and equipment to be able to do that.
"So that's where the government comes in, and I'm all for increasing that spending on defence.
"We're living in a very, very uncertain world, and I think the better we can prepare ourselves for that, the safer we can sleep at night."